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Liverpool defender Sakho set to discover fate

Mamadou Sakho: Rejected several offers to leave Liverpool

Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho will discover in early July if he will be hit by a ban for his failed drugs test.

Sakho was found to have violated UEFA drug laws after he gave a sample following his side’s 1-1 draw with Manchester United in the Europa League on March 17.

UEFA initially hit him with a 30-day suspension after he asked not for his B sample to be tested and he was not picked for Liverpool after the news emerge don April 23. It cost the centre-back an appearance in the Europa League finals and cost him his place at Euro 2016 after he admitted taking a fat burning pill.

His 30-day ban concluded without further suspension as UEFA acknowledged further research was required to establish if the pill did in fact contain substances that should be branded illegal and now a disciplinary hearing has been scheduled for two weeks’ time.

UEFA must decide if Sakho, who is expected to report back to training at Melwood on July 2, did violate doping regulations, before assessing if further action is necessary.